Editors Note: This year, we will be making a special effort to remember each and every known member of the 192nd Tank Battalion. As part of that remembrance, we will list each day the members who were killed or died on that date, along with links for additional information as available. We look forward to your comments.
April 21, 1945
2nd Lt. Everett R. Preston (D)
2nd Lt. Everett R. Preston survived the Death March, the Capas Boxcars, POW camps, and a hell ship voyage to Japan. He died while being worked as a slave laborer in a coal mine in Japan on this date in 1945.
Learn more about 2nd Lt. Preston here: http://bataanproject.com/Preston.html
April 21, 2008
Pvt. Wallace R. Marston (B)
Pvt. Wallace R. Marston survived the Death March, the Capas Boxcars, POW camps, a hell ship voyage and slave labor in Japan. He died in Crystal River, Florida on this date in 2008.
Learn more about Pvt. Marston here: http://bataanproject.com/Marston.html